Picture-frame.



No. 881,073. PATENTED MAR. 3, 1908'.

E. G. HEWITT.

PICTURE FRAME.

APPLICATION FILED APR. s, 1907.

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ELEANOR G. HEWIIT, Ol RINGWOOD MANOR, POMPTON TOWNSHIY, PASSAIG COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.

PICTURE-FRAME.

Sp ecication of Letters Patent.

Patented March 3, 1908.

Application filed April 6, 1907. Serial No. 366,659.

To all whom it may concern: 1 Be it known that l, ELEANOR G. HEwrTT, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Ringwood Manor, Pompton township, in the county of Passaic and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and lmg ing is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved picture frame, more especially designed for holding and displaying interchangeable pictures, drawings and the like, and arranged to protect the picture against dust, and to permit convenient and quick opening of the frame for the removal of a picture and the substitution of another whenever it is desired to do so.

The invention consists of novel features and parts and combinations of the same, which will be more fully described hereinafter and then pointed out in the claims.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure l is a rear face view of the improvement showing the covering flaps in an open position for the convenient insertion or removal of a picture, drawing or the like Fig. 2 is a like view of the same showing the covering flaps in a closed position; Eig. 3 is an enlarged transverse section of the improvement, and Fig. 4 is an enlarged cross section of part of the same.

The frame A of wood or other suitable material and preferably of rectangular shape, is provided in its back with an annular rabbet A' for the reception of a pane B of glass or other transparent or translucent material, and secured in place by suitable fastening devices such as L-shaped strips O of canvas or other fabric material glued or pasted to the frame A, as plainly indicated Covering Aflaps D, D', D2 and D3 of paper or other suitable material, and preferably of triangular shape, are pasted, glued or otherwise secured along their bases to the rear faces of the top, bottom and sides of the frame A, to allow of swinging the said covering flaps inward against the back of the picture or drawing E, resting with its front] against the rear face of the pane B. The

i, covering iiaps D, D', D2 and D3 when closed to completely cover the picture or drawing E and thus protect the saine from dust, and the said covering flaps can be readily swung outward into an open position., as shown in Fig.v l, whenever it is desired to remove a picture or a drawing from the frame and to replace the picture or drawing by another one, after which the ,iaps D, D', D2 and D3 are again swung in- ,lward onto the back of the picture A, as illustrated in Figs. 2, 3 and 4. A back F of cardboard, wood or other material fits into the rear of the frame A and rests against the covering flaps D, D', D2 and D3, so as to hold the same in a closed position, the said back E being removably locked in position in the frame A by suitable locking devices G, such as catches pivoted on the frame A and adapted to swing over onto the outer face of the back F, as plainly illustrated in Figs. 3 and 4.

overlap each other,

lt will be seen that by fastening the paneY B in position in the frame A by means of the strips O the picture or drawing E is protected against dust from the front, and by having the overlapping covering iiaps D, D', D2 and D3 covering the picture at the back thereof, it is evident that the picture is protected against dust from the rear, and consequently the picture is not only securely held in position in the frame but is also completely protected against dust, moisture or other deleterious influences.

It is understood that whenthe flaps D, D', D2 and D3 are swung inward into a closed position, and the back E is pressed into place, then portions of the flaps D, D', D2 and D3 are pressed by the edges of the back E against the adjacent portions of the strips O, thus covering the same and preventing dust and the like from passing under the flaps onto the picture or drawing A.

The picture frame shown and described is very simple and durable in construction, and is composed of comparatively few parts, which can be readily manipulated to allow the convenient insertion or removal of a picture, drawing or the like whenever it is desired to do so.

Although have shown the covering flaps of a particular shape, I do not limit myself to the same and to other detail construction of the frame, as the same may be varied within the scope of the claims without deviating from the spi-rit ofmy invention.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. A picture frame comprisin a frame, a pane of transparent material eld in the opening of the frame, llaps attached to the sides and upper and lower ends of the frame and capable of being folded into the frame opening, and aback of asti'lf material iitting: intothe frame opening and covering the said liaps, the back being, removably secured in place in the frame.

2. A` picture frame comprising a' frame,- prov-ided onits back with a rabbet, .a paneof transparent material tting inthe said rabbet, flaps attached to the rear of the sides g; and the upper and lower ends of the said frame, the aps being adapted to fold into the frame opening5 the iiaps when closed overlapping one the other, and a back of stili material fitting into the frame opening and removably secured to the said frame, the back covering the said overlapping liaps.

3. A icture frame comprising a frame provide in its back with a rabbet, a pane of a transparent material fitting into the said rabbet and secured in place on the frame, flaps of flexible materia and of an approximately triangular shape and having their bases attached to the rear of the sides and the upper and lower ends of the said frame, the flaps when closed overlapping one the other, a back fitting into the said rabbet and covering the said overlapping flaps, and lockof the frame.

lng means locking the said back in the rabbetv In testimony whereof. l have signed my 

